Fun Fact:-
I’ll give the 66 team 2 goals because they won the World Cup but after 10 minutes today’s team would (ironically) be 4-2 up due to the speed of the modern game, the fitness levels, the technology, even down to the silly little vests they all wear during training under their shirts tracking everything little thing.
Same applies to any England team 10 / 15 / 20 years ago…even just make a dream team from the lot and put them against the current crop and they wouldn’t stand a chance, majority of them would just give up at half time and be straight down the boozer.
Football has changed so much but we have one of the best leagues in the world with lots of the best players competing against each other week in week out. As previously stated, lots of these world class players now turn out for Senegal, Costa Rica, Japan etc and every single team has a modern day superstar where in the past these teams didn’t even compete.
The only argument I’d accept is that in previous years we have undoubtedly had far far (FAR) better defenders but right now I’m so glad we don’t as imagine how ultra defensive and doing anything he can to avoid defeat Gareth Pulis would be then.
I’ll stick to my original point that (RIGHT NOW, in the current climate and against all of the other current great teams) squad for squad we could beat anyone but with Gareth Southgate in charge sadly we won’t as he’d always set up us to far to cautiously from the start and if they took the lead we (he) would never be able to come back.
Again, as previous posts have stated, please please please come back and have my life after we lift the World Cup and I’ll eat the most beautiful humble pie I’ve ever tasted in my life but it just won’t happen as we’ll always loose 1-0 or draw 1-1 through caution against better opposition under Southgate rather than just beat them 2-1 with a tactical and England team masterclass. Rinse repeat for the next few years with the classic hope that kills you and before you know it Foden, Grealish, Bellingham etc are 28, Gareth has finally gone having won nothing and the current very young inconsistent German team are world beaters.
Anyway, peace out…UTB and fingers crossed regardless for us winning the World Cup